American race car driver and actor

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

, also known as "Dale Jr" or simply "Junior", is an American professional stock car racing driver, team owner, broadcaster for Amazon Prime Video and TNT Sports, and podcaster. A third-generation driver, he is the son of the late 7-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt and relative to many former and current drivers in the NASCAR ranks. Since retiring from full-time competition after the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series season, he has competed in select NASCAR Xfinity Series and CARS Late Model Stock Tour races, driving for JR Motorsports, a team of which he is a founder and co-owner of and which bears his namesake.

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1974

October 10

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1970s

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, also known as "Dale Jr" or simply "Junior", is an American professional stock car racing driver, team owner, broadcaster for Amazon Prime Video and TNT Sports, and podcaster. A third-generation driver, he is the son of the late 7-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt and relative to many former and current drivers in the NASCAR ranks. Since retiring from full-time competition after the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series season, he has competed in select NASCAR Xfinity Series and CARS Late Model Stock Tour races, driving for JR Motorsports, a team of which he is a founder and co-owner of and which bears his namesake.

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